Motion-induced blindness: test for the severity of ADHD : eChalk illusion

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  • @crypto66
    @crypto66 Місяць тому +1636

    What's funny is as soon as a dot disappears, my sight instantly shifts to check it out, bringing it back. It becomes a cycle if I try to hold it.

    • @Yuniheim
      @Yuniheim 28 днів тому +66

      Same with me, they become dim but still there, never fully vanishing.

    • @SynoicusK43
      @SynoicusK43 28 днів тому +7

      real

    • @lordmac-b6v
      @lordmac-b6v 26 днів тому +2

      Same why is that??

    • @Stedman75
      @Stedman75 24 дні тому +51

      exactly this.
      the dot leaves my vision and my "eye is like no wait where did that go, okay cool its back"

    • @0-kingsloth-020
      @0-kingsloth-020 24 дні тому +6

      I mean me 2 but is that, adhd I've been started to think I have it so that brought me here but that just seems a normal response

  • @user-qx3yo7sx9u
    @user-qx3yo7sx9u 2 місяці тому +245

    I literally would’ve died if this was a jump scare video

    • @mirfan-2020
      @mirfan-2020 17 днів тому +9

      Thanks for the idea!

    • @user-qx3yo7sx9u
      @user-qx3yo7sx9u 17 днів тому +7

      @ No -no wait, that’s not what I meant! 😬

    • @sporilight
      @sporilight 17 днів тому +3

      I came to the comment section halfway through the video to make sure 😂

    • @MDE_never_dies
      @MDE_never_dies 13 днів тому

      Oh god!

    • @JamerrrDavila
      @JamerrrDavila 12 днів тому

      That would have not Been very funny. lmao good thing my algorithm don't feed me any of that junk.

  • @googull4778
    @googull4778 Місяць тому +1094

    Now all the text is swirling and my eyes are juttering. Thanks!

    • @Salim-n8q
      @Salim-n8q Місяць тому +13

      Mine too.. 😂😂

    • @30dayschallenge43
      @30dayschallenge43 Місяць тому +3

      Me tooo

    • @WaffleCake-q7d
      @WaffleCake-q7d Місяць тому +10

      Same. I'm currently drinking Guinness watching Independence Day and was thinking I needed to stop and go to bed because everything was spinning...
      That movie was better in the 90's right? I mean it's 1,000 clichés rolled into a movie.

    • @googull4778
      @googull4778 Місяць тому +2

      @ I miss the newness of 90’s movies.

    • @TimeWaveOfficial
      @TimeWaveOfficial Місяць тому

      😂😂😂😂 haha thought the same

  • @JorisWeima
    @JorisWeima 2 місяці тому +1557

    Tip: start @1:48. This will make it much easier to make all 3 dots disappear!👍🏼

    • @bjones5791
      @bjones5791 2 місяці тому +65

      😂😂😂👊(yeah,you got me!)

    • @y4duv33r
      @y4duv33r Місяць тому +38

      Bro it made the lights flash and dance 😢

    • @JorisWeima
      @JorisWeima Місяць тому +8

      @@y4duv33r no that was something else!🙃

    • @JorisWeima
      @JorisWeima Місяць тому +5

      ​@@bjones5791🤣🤣

    • @misteriousgamr
      @misteriousgamr Місяць тому +5

      It did disappear! Thanks for the tip!

  • @ENDER_Music
    @ENDER_Music Місяць тому +208

    I call bull crap. I have adhd and I pretty quickly got all three to disappear for a few seconds because I got distracted and started thinking about something else while staring straight ahead lol.

    • @AlexanderBukh
      @AlexanderBukh 28 днів тому +29

      yep, good illusion, exposing limitations of human vision but too much drama and bs about adhd (which i do have)

    • @daniebello
      @daniebello 21 день тому +7

      I couldn’t get any of the dots to disappear for the life of me, I was trying so hard to focus on the dot in the center. I’ve been diagnosed with severe ADHD.
      but it’s worth noting that people present ADHD in different ways and multiple people can express severe forms of ADHD in different ways

    • @user-zl5gi8sv7u
      @user-zl5gi8sv7u 20 днів тому +1

      That because there is no such thing as adhd. Thanks for proving it

    • @ENDER_Music
      @ENDER_Music 20 днів тому +2

      @@daniebelloit’s more the fact that this test was made to demonstrate a flaw in human perception and has absolutely nothing to do with adhd.

    • @FloopyFloppet
      @FloopyFloppet 19 днів тому

      @@user-zl5gi8sv7u would you like to write a thesis about how adhd isn’t real? If what you say is true it could be groundbreaking to the scientific community. But alas, your evidence is flimsy (you are citing a UA-cam comment as proof) and you will probably come up with some sort of excuse as to why you will not indulge further on your point.
      Also please don’t shoot the “well you need to prove it exists” at me because there is already plenty of evidence that it does, and the burden of proof lies on you to prove why it doesn’t.

  • @nameismetatoo4591
    @nameismetatoo4591 4 роки тому +8264

    While this is a real illusion, I don't think it has anything to do with ADHD. There are small involuntary eye movements called microsaccades (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsaccade) which make it difficult for anyone to focus on a single point for too long.
    I also have ADHD, and I can easily make the dots disappear when I go to fullscreen and get close to the monitor, as the dots are large relative to the size of my eye's microsaccades. When I move further away from my monitor, the dots consume a smaller portion of my visual field and it becomes harder to maintain the illusion.

    • @Maus_122
      @Maus_122 2 роки тому +97

      Wikipedia 💀💀💀

    • @djinnxx7050
      @djinnxx7050 Рік тому +1

      @@Maus_122 Hey, don't knock it, wikepedia can be a valuable resource. Especially if you have to quickly finish an assignment for your gender studies.

    • @carlogaytan7010
      @carlogaytan7010 Рік тому +179

      @@Maus_122 Internet 💀💀💀

    • @an_egg_cultist
      @an_egg_cultist Рік тому +25

      ​@@Maus_122 still true, but he should of gone to the Wikipedia sources

    • @dinosaurusrex1482
      @dinosaurusrex1482 Рік тому +82

      @@Maus_122 skull emoji 💀

  • @ItalianPokeMage
    @ItalianPokeMage 2 роки тому +4228

    For those worried, this is not a screamer. It is a legit video.

  • @sips4296
    @sips4296 4 роки тому +7065

    That one adhd person who managed to completely hyperfocus: 🙂

    • @unknownentity7408
      @unknownentity7408 3 роки тому +217

      It's just severe acute mental instruction to simply focus and keep focus. Once you start don't stop simple as that. Any thought that rises? Ignore, fight, and replace it to maintain focus. I use this at the gym too and I'm accomplishing goals I never thought possible

    • @brandon7220
      @brandon7220 3 роки тому +18

      I thought I could

    • @Official_Untitled
      @Official_Untitled 3 роки тому +21

      I’ve been trying for 5 mins

    • @nukulus9344
      @nukulus9344 3 роки тому +17

      I thought all the ppl with ADHD or ADD get distracted?

    • @Dedjkeorrn42
      @Dedjkeorrn42 3 роки тому +34

      @@a_multidimentional_mess5561 it just happens sometimes when you try to focus my guy

  • @shellbyardent7658
    @shellbyardent7658 2 місяці тому +229

    Great, now everything in my room is spinning.

    • @Conkel
      @Conkel Місяць тому +2

      And i feel the need to kick myself with my foot.
      ....careful with what youre watching cuz it could put in some subliminals in there.

  • @carltongannett
    @carltongannett 3 місяці тому +23

    They keep popping in and out of existence!! Maddening!

  • @cujoedaman
    @cujoedaman Місяць тому +249

    This might help some who are confused.
    Unless you've trained yourself to keep your eyes perfectly still, there will always be a micro-twitch and it will break the illusion.
    Blinking also breaks this illusion because:
    1. You have to refocus on the center
    2. Your eyelids exert a tiny amount of pressure against your eyes which causes movement
    The human body isn't meant to be as still as stone unless we're dead. There will always be some form of movement.
    What this test is supposed to show is if you're actively moving your eyes to focus on the other three dots.
    Also, another fun fact, I can keep concentrated on the center and still see the other dots because I have trained myself to use my peripheral vision more than most others. Your mind will "forget" the other dots are there because you are used to only looking ahead, but if you can learn to use your peripheral vision and widen your field of view to a certain degree.

    • @weichmacher3973
      @weichmacher3973 Місяць тому +3

      No, you got ADHD 😂

    • @xbox70333
      @xbox70333 Місяць тому +1

      U just cant do it lol

    • @mallorygoossens8270
      @mallorygoossens8270 Місяць тому +2

      Muzafer Sheriff used this autokinetic property of the eyes to study the formation of norms in groups back in 1936

    • @peteypete9357
      @peteypete9357 Місяць тому +5

      Using my trained peripheral vision actually made the dots disappear easier at will. You just have ADHD my dude.
      For context, I trained my peripheral vision because a book on speed reading told me to do so. It improved my reading speed a bit, so it worked.

    • @jr13977
      @jr13977 28 днів тому

      I was wondering that as well, I can't do it at all but have well trained peripheral vision. I can't get out of wanting to take all the dots in at once. Feels so odd to go in on one.

  • @WayOtt
    @WayOtt 8 років тому +2066

    I'm diagnosed with ADHD. No dots disappeared- they flickered but then my eyes were immediately drawn to them. Can people make them disappear for a few seconds?

    • @natel1590
      @natel1590 8 років тому +214

      WayOtt a second maybe...i look at the center then one or two disappear then i look at them slightly trying to focus in the middle then the other one disappear then i only focus on the center...but they keep appearing and disappearing unintentionally paying attention to them😅

    • @Maykay1312
      @Maykay1312 7 років тому +41

      WayOtt yea me too their just flickering

    • @WomanofGodTalitaCumi
      @WomanofGodTalitaCumi 7 років тому +51

      have you tried it with medication? curious if any difference

    • @TackKeyNack
      @TackKeyNack 7 років тому +121

      I get scared when they disappear 😂

    • @aricyndasavage_
      @aricyndasavage_ 7 років тому +16

      WayOtt I’m diagnosed with ADHD also no disappeared

  • @DemetriusSorvo
    @DemetriusSorvo Рік тому +875

    This has nothing to do with concentration. It has to do with how long you can hold your eye muscles still which is extremely hard for any human.

    • @theempressrotsinthesun
      @theempressrotsinthesun 4 місяці тому +48

      Ugh thank you

    • @drewjn
      @drewjn 3 місяці тому +84

      Yeah, the moment I blink it's a full reset. I don't consider blinking as an inability to focus

    • @xdas11
      @xdas11 Місяць тому +5

      @@drewjn when you blink you eyes move up so it resets.

    • @rRekko
      @rRekko Місяць тому +3

      @@drewjn same, the flashing light makes me want to blink. I couldn't spend anymore than 3 seconds without my eyelids closing by themselves, resetting the dots back on to the screen, taking another second or two to disappear just to spend anotehr 2 or 3 seconds until my eyelids blink by themselves.

    • @mister-zen8491
      @mister-zen8491 Місяць тому +10

      Skill issue.

  • @glassis4401
    @glassis4401 Місяць тому +303

    1:05 frustrating to see so many comments either bragging or making it a huge deal. As someone who has been diagnosed with ADHD, I can BARELY do all 3 for half a second no matter how hard I focus and fixate on it. this is a fascinating test and good if you can but don’t diss on the video or others if they can’t fr

    • @RedShirtGuy96
      @RedShirtGuy96 Місяць тому +27

      don't worry there is little merit to this test in connection with ADHD. if anything its just an optical illusion. there is no way to reliably test focus here. i might be undiagnosed or slightly non neurotypical and i can only make the dots stay invisible for mere moments before one or two of them re-appear for a split second. this test really isn't about focusing. the rotating dots force their way into your perception regardless

    • @abdulkadirthecarguy1948
      @abdulkadirthecarguy1948 Місяць тому +2

      What are we trying here, as soon as I look at middle 3 of them dissappear

    • @kiddkuru
      @kiddkuru Місяць тому

      Have adhd too, I can make them disappear for maybe 3-5 seconds

    • @Entropy67
      @Entropy67 Місяць тому

      Oh I'm not diagnosed but I can barely make them all disappear for a half second before the disappearing makes me look away....

    • @yassintamer2701
      @yassintamer2701 Місяць тому

      I got it for like 1 second or less in the beginning, then I'd die to even get 2 hidden after that 😭

  • @StefeligaFlavius
    @StefeligaFlavius Місяць тому +13

    Making the grid disappear makes you the real gangsta.

  • @Dalas0130
    @Dalas0130 2 роки тому +984

    Blinking ruins it

    • @camwha5904
      @camwha5904 4 місяці тому +43

      Yeah I’m tired and my eyes hurt if I keep them open too long

    • @-WarCriminal-22
      @-WarCriminal-22 4 місяці тому +4

      Yup, but if you keep it for like 10-15 seconds then it works even if you keep the screen away

    • @trying3841
      @trying3841 3 місяці тому +6

      Something cool is when it’s over close your eyes in a dark room and you see circles spinning backwards :)

    • @SzilardPalnagy
      @SzilardPalnagy 3 місяці тому +2

      Or even If you Move your Eye Balls slightly

    • @nighttrain1565
      @nighttrain1565 2 місяці тому

      They blink in synchronization to when the spots transition from the red marks to the dark spaces in between. The blinking is actually a cloaking effect helping the spots blend in and disappear. If they didn't blink they wouldn't disappear.

  • @priscillar5027
    @priscillar5027 6 років тому +768

    I’m diagnosed with ADHD and when I couldn’t make any disappear after trying four times I got angry 😂

    • @Gianna-ff2mg
      @Gianna-ff2mg 4 роки тому +11

      Priscilla R same 😂😂😂

    • @nukulus9344
      @nukulus9344 3 роки тому +6

      👍😳

    • @BonShula
      @BonShula 7 місяців тому +8

      It is not ADHD since we have hyperfocus. You might just be regarded

    • @ruokcnn
      @ruokcnn 6 місяців тому

      Me neither

    • @sleepydoppy8516
      @sleepydoppy8516 4 місяці тому +2

      Lol. I threw the iPad on the bed

  • @thejayroh0011
    @thejayroh0011 3 роки тому +477

    I would notice a dot or two disappear, but then quickly reappear. I could feel this twitch in my eyes every time a dot or two would disappear, and the dots simultaneously reappear. I felt like I was still looking at the center dot! Why'd that happen? I was determined. I had watched this video for the third time when I mentally said at myself, "Why won't these dots disappear!" I'd been thinking about the dots not disappearing. The task is to look at simply look at the center dot. The task is not to make the outer three dots disappear. Sure, I'd been physically looking at the center dot with my eyes. I'd wonder if my thoughts are immediately turning inward for stimulation. I thought of a plan to somehow focus on something I can focus on doing all day and connecting that task with staring at the center dot. Immediate thought was how I get a song stuck in my head all the time. Time to turn this dot-staring task into a song and see what happens. This dot's flashing between the colors green and blue. It's flashing quick like some fast-paced metal Motorhead! I started mentally hearing Lemmy shouting "Blue! Green! Blue! Green! Blue! Green! Green!" As soon as I consciously thought of saying the wrong color I noticed all three dots reappear. WHAT? When did the dots disappear? Eh, screw it. I'm just sitting here getting my Jimmies rustled over some dots. There's no reward for completing anything this video tells me to do. I do have this idea for a weird heavy metal song, though.
    Edit: For years I've been working on improving memory. I can make the dots disappear for about a second or so with my best efforts.

    • @GeoGamerArtistVlogger
      @GeoGamerArtistVlogger 2 роки тому

      Bruh, just by how long this comment is (and the little idea for a heavy metal song) I can tell you have some form of ADHD

    • @qannicc
      @qannicc Рік тому +14

      Y'all try to act quirky so fucking hard like we can tell

    • @qannicc
      @qannicc Рік тому +1

      ''I do have this idea for a weird metal song though... 🤔😜🤘'' gurl stfu

    • @pinklemonade6597
      @pinklemonade6597 Рік тому +93

      @@qannicc its not that deep take a breath

    • @lxartz6266
      @lxartz6266 Рік тому +9

      I aint reading allat

  • @hazqier
    @hazqier Місяць тому +5

    I much prefer to focus on everything in my peripheral vision instead, because it allows me to spot prey and enemies much better.

  • @OliviaCynderAera
    @OliviaCynderAera 23 години тому +1

    I have a natural curiosity, so for me, it was really hard to get the 3 dots to disappear. The longest they were absent for was 2 seconds.

  • @ItalianPokeMage
    @ItalianPokeMage 2 роки тому +40

    When the video ended, I looked at my bedpost and the center was swirling. Cool illusion!

  • @dennispetrov9628
    @dennispetrov9628 2 роки тому +264

    How close your eyes are to the screen makes a huge difference, as I've noticed

    • @carlogaytan7010
      @carlogaytan7010 Рік тому +10

      That's the flaw of this test

    • @VMgeschwader4117
      @VMgeschwader4117 Рік тому +1

      I didn't find any such flaws.

    • @HawkSickToxic
      @HawkSickToxic Рік тому +8

      Cause you are seeing distractions in real life to the sides of your screen. You gotta have it fullscreen, without seeing around your device at distractions

    • @thomasmaughan4798
      @thomasmaughan4798 11 місяців тому +3

      I get the same phenomenon either way.

    • @UltraCenterHQ
      @UltraCenterHQ 4 місяці тому +1

      I feel like this video is basically just to test your eyes' blind spots. I remember seeing videos like this but for the blindspots

  • @ToanTheNomad
    @ToanTheNomad 3 роки тому +370

    I’ve been doing this weird meditation lately where I just stare at a fixed point for a prolonged time and eventually I notice my vision starts to get blurry and it looks like the background is shifting. Eventually the object or point I’m staring at “disappears” into what looks like a black hole/spot and I can hold this for a few seconds until I have a thought about noticing it and then I have to try again. I’ll do this for 15-25 minutes sometimes just because it feels so good doing it. All my stress and worries dissipate for a temporary period and I feel like my mind is free

    • @gracelewis6071
      @gracelewis6071 Рік тому +24

      Fixed point meditation 🙂
      Idk if you know or not, but it's a legit technique

    • @jaredjamesimages
      @jaredjamesimages Рік тому +17

      Awesome! I’ve been doing this for years starting around the age of 10(I had convinced myself that one day I was going to be able to see through the ceiling I feel childlike folly/wisdom influence what happen next) I am now 45. It’s an amazing way to relax the body and the mind initially. Eventually with extended focus and time I began to see what I call the violet wash. It looks almost like someone’s slowly pouring a viscous fluid across my visual field which is Violet but somehow contains all of the other colors on the spectrum within its core. Not sure how else to explain it.
      Then in about my mid to late 20s I began to see an additional type of what I would call fractal light webbing emerging from the violet light. Said webbing was sensitive to my focus. And would create what I can only describe as eddies within the energetic field that I was seeing, as if my focus created a vortex and affected the general field.
      I began applying this focus in different settings within my life Walking/talking/hiking/yoga.
      Somewhere around age 27 or 28, I went for a walk on a new moon evening and began my normal focus routine as I walked around the neighborhood. A few minutes into my walk/focus meditation, everything within my field of view began to spiral into what I can only call a pitch black vortex, all of what was real and what I could see was draining into nothingness. I was in an extremely rural area so there were no street lights and almost no lighting around. But what I thought to be a pitch black knight that surrounded me was dwarfed by the blackness that all I considered to be reality was draining into. As all of what I could see drained into this black nothingness it began to transform into all I can describe as a iridescent flaming serpent looking energy that was coming directly out of my forehead, it was almost like a fireworks display in its expression But it was innately connected to the violet light I describe as if to be born of and emerge from it.
      Well! Thank you for listening or reading if you did. I just wanted to say keep doing what you’re doing there’s something else within us that has capabilities beyond what we consider to be normal. It’s amazing

    • @deepanshumolasi7151
      @deepanshumolasi7151 Рік тому +5

      yeah its called trataka but idk if you know this technique with a different name. used for achieving focus at a single point , it is a technique which is used in spiritual practices.

    • @Smack10KrsCrew
      @Smack10KrsCrew Рік тому

      I know this!

    • @levero
      @levero Рік тому +1

      Can you update what happened after continuing to do this if you did?

  • @nighttrain1565
    @nighttrain1565 2 місяці тому +2

    As a race car driver, not sure how accurate this is. Got them to all disappear for about 3 seconds and then as soon as i notice which has disappeared last, one re emerges because my brain notices them vanishing. But as a race car driver my brain is hyper focused on any small change in my field of view. I bet a good test to test processing power would be to change all the yellow dots into counting numbers and see who can identify all of the changing numbers simultaneously. And state by what multiple they are changing

  • @LovelyLady1111
    @LovelyLady1111 4 місяці тому +6

    And then there's me who needed to give my eyes a break. And every time I blinked, all the dots would reappear again.

    • @sexyhotrockinninja
      @sexyhotrockinninja 2 місяці тому

      Same, 8 seconds in and I’m too overstimulated to even continue watching it.

  • @Ixitheimp
    @Ixitheimp 6 місяців тому +21

    I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was a child, and then later when being tested for another disorder at 27, I was told that the ADHD didn't show up on the test. It wasn't that I had been misdiagnosed, as a child the symptoms of ADHD were definitely present. I believe I just got better at working around the disorder until it no longer affects me on a measurable level.
    I can make 2 dots, the bottom two usually, disappear for over 5 seconds, but not over 10. And I can make all 3 dots disappear for 2 to 3 seconds.

    • @Shahzad-Khan
      @Shahzad-Khan Місяць тому

      I was never diagnosed but yeah the upper dot is hard to make it disappear. I can only do it for a fraction of a second

  • @Cavemanner
    @Cavemanner Рік тому +134

    There are several mitigating circumstances that can cause one to fail this "test" lol. I tried it both with and without caffeine consumption and it was a challenge, but entirely doable, without caffeine, while with caffeine I found it nearly impossible to make more than two dots disappear.
    The other comment about microsaccades is spot-on.

    • @DanielSilva-gc4xz
      @DanielSilva-gc4xz 4 місяці тому +4

      I can't freaking hold my laugh when they actually disappear lol

    • @milindusha
      @milindusha Місяць тому

      Youjust have a low attention span, iv had 5 coffees today and can make all of them disaster for a few seconds

    • @Cavemanner
      @Cavemanner Місяць тому +1

      @@milindusha lol. Lmao, even.

    • @aperson9950
      @aperson9950 26 днів тому

      @@milindusha sure sure

  • @xaininpc5625
    @xaininpc5625 2 місяці тому +3

    Nobody in the world is as focused as I am when I'm looking through a straw.

  • @kokiriforistima
    @kokiriforistima Місяць тому +1

    There is an actual test they give for ADHD sort of like this. You stare at a blank black screen on a computer, every so often a small 'X' will appear, and you have to smash the space bar as soon as possible in response. You do this for 5-10 minutes or so. The computer measures your average reaction time, which is strongly effected by your ability to maintain a state of concentration and vigilance on an incredibly boring but also unpredictable task. If your reaction time is above a certain threshold then it's considered indicative of ADHD.

  • @TheOddHawk
    @TheOddHawk Рік тому +33

    I have ADHD. I was able to make all dots vanish, but only for about two seconds. But I also agree with some commenters that this doesn't prove wether I have it or not. There are several other factors not taken into account.

    • @ananyabhagat7052
      @ananyabhagat7052 4 місяці тому

      Is your adhd diagnosed?

    • @TheOddHawk
      @TheOddHawk 4 місяці тому +1

      @@ananyabhagat7052 I think so? I mean I don't have proof in front of me right now but I remember being on a medication that was supposed to help me focus in school. They later decided it wasn't working, but I think part of that was because I was being sneaky and spitting them out sometimes. They sometimes got stuck in my throat and made me feel VERY ill.
      My coworkers are also saying that's it's obvious I have it lol

    • @ananyabhagat7052
      @ananyabhagat7052 4 місяці тому +2

      @@TheOddHawk ahh right, i asked bcoz my result is similar to yours. I was also able to make them vanish multiple times but for a really short time frame. So just wondering do i have to do something extra to match the ppl who have a normal attention span??

    • @TheOddHawk
      @TheOddHawk 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@ananyabhagat7052 no idea! I think I'd maybe be able to do it for longer if it didn't make my eyes hurt lol.
      When it comes to add, its not as simple as just having a short attention span. You might get very distracted while trying to read a high school history textbook, but have laser focus when reading your favorite fanfiction or whatever. If it's not something I'm interested in, reading it takes several retries and all of my effort.
      But yeah, big part of this is that it just makes my eyes hurt so the effect doesn't last long for me.

  • @Mike-sv2nu
    @Mike-sv2nu 6 років тому +231

    I can manage 2 secs at most.

  • @botilever
    @botilever 2 роки тому +77

    I’m not diagnosed with ADHD, but I always saw the dots. They just never disappeared for me:-(

    • @dleonardo3238
      @dleonardo3238 Рік тому +12

      i have ADD, but since the video was interesting i got hyperfocused and the dots disappeared for the entire video lmao

    • @pingukutepro
      @pingukutepro 6 місяців тому +1

      ADHD is more common lol also it definition should be change

    • @zeepercreeper
      @zeepercreeper 3 місяці тому

      this means you're going to die soon :(

  • @grego713
    @grego713 Місяць тому +2

    Great video for ramping up Adderall prescriptions

  • @exxihan3561
    @exxihan3561 Місяць тому +1

    Having trained unfocused vision is a skill, in martial arts it is essential to be able to constantly observe all opponents movements and not focus on one particular area or distraction, so in a way unfocused vision is more focused when used intentionally

  • @distractedkenzo4523
    @distractedkenzo4523 6 років тому +64

    What if your eyes are just dry af and you can’t go long without blinking. This is actually something the brain does naturally. I saw it in Brain Games.

  • @iamsongforsomeone994
    @iamsongforsomeone994 4 роки тому +44

    It took me 19 seconds before I could make them disappear and that was whenever I was trying. The first time I watched this video they would only disappear for a second at most. Probably more like milliseconds. They don't stay away for more than 1-2 seconds at most. I was diagnosed with ADD a few years ago though.

  • @simonflodin5109
    @simonflodin5109 4 місяці тому +15

    There are a billion things that can limit attention, eg your ability to focus is higher at the start of the day, if you have fewer stressors etc. This is not an adhd test.

    • @simonflodin5109
      @simonflodin5109 4 місяці тому +4

      @@IkigaiObi idk about hypnosis but it is certainly misinformation to get views from people desperately trying to confirm they have ADHD

    • @sav1938
      @sav1938 Місяць тому

      ​​@@simonflodin5109exactly im diagnosed as adhd and i dont think it has to do wkth attention span more so eye sight and sub conscious recognition.

  • @lordplebius483
    @lordplebius483 Місяць тому +1

    Im diagnosed ADHD, have been off of meds since 2013, and I absolutely could make all the dots disappear. Not only that but this doesn't even make sense. ADHD doesn't make you unable to focus on things. Its the exact opposite actually. Sometimes we aren't able to control what catches our interest but that's very different from your ability to focus.

  • @_AndromedaGalaxy_
    @_AndromedaGalaxy_ Місяць тому +1

    They didn't vanish at all for me. Yes I was diagnosed as a child with severe add without hyper activity. I was the pleasant space cadet that could stare at a blank wall and zone out for hours.

  • @jamesacampora9179
    @jamesacampora9179 4 роки тому +24

    More of a test of how long i can keep my eyes open x(

  • @JonnySolomon
    @JonnySolomon 4 роки тому +38

    So I saw this video a week ago - this was my wake up call that I need to seek medical help. not only did I not manage to make the yellow dots to disappear I couldnt resist to look or notice them .
    After help Currently on 20mg Foclin XR for ADHD and I feel wierd and unsettling because I have never in my life felt this way it’s so wierd a new to me I know hold my focus on the dot for 4-5 seconds, and I for the first time have a clean room for 1 week in a row .
    The only bad thing is , it’s so new to me that I get mild headaches at the end of the day because I’m not used to doing stuff at all. I worked on my entire quarter of missed work on my computer for 9 hours non stop , because I didn’t have a reason to stop . That gave me a throw bing headace hopefully I get used to working long .

    • @JonnySolomon
      @JonnySolomon 4 роки тому +11

      Wtf-I’ve never taken my time to write stuff like this in my entire life

    • @djinnxx7050
      @djinnxx7050 Рік тому +1

      The headache is probably a side effect of the drugs. I'd stop taking them for a week or two and see if that helps.

    • @uytin99
      @uytin99 Рік тому +2

      @@JonnySolomon hey, congrats for your achievement. Sorry for digging this up but does your ability to communicate and stay connected with your friends improved?

    • @al201103
      @al201103 4 місяці тому

      Three years later - how are you doing?

    • @JonnySolomon
      @JonnySolomon 4 місяці тому

      @@al201103I completely stopped Focalin XR and switched to adderall works wonders and my life has improved but had to stop taking it because I got a job that’s very fast pace and versatile and it would make me a perfectionist taking my time on everything I did and I would get nervous. Hoping to restart soon.

  • @thomasschon
    @thomasschon Рік тому +27

    I am diagnosed with ADD, and I managed about 6-7 seconds on my first watch of this movie.
    The way you do it is to let go of the focus in the same way as with far-away eyes when you are looking off in the distance and not focusing on anything with your eyes.

    • @jbone877
      @jbone877 Місяць тому +1

      Also diagnosed ADHD. Tried this, still couldn't get any to disappear. I also haven't slept in a couple days so idunno how useful this test would be

  • @skaylarjon1452
    @skaylarjon1452 3 місяці тому +1

    two years later and I still have trouble doing it properly, even though a random Tuesday when my mind was finally at ease, I could do it

  • @hifreund
    @hifreund 27 днів тому +1

    I would want to investigate whether the correlation between ADHD and binocular vision dysfunction has more to do with this than attention span.

    • @Malphorus
      @Malphorus 25 днів тому

      based bino vision do have to have some effects cause I got the best effects when I let my eyes unfocus.

  • @ChrsDnle
    @ChrsDnle 2 роки тому +26

    First attempt watching this I made 1 dot disappear for 3 sec and could do 2 dots for 2 seconds. After practicing a few dozen times, I figured out a trick, and can now get all dots to go away. Avg time is 3 seconds, but I was able to hit 6 seconds several times. The trick for me was.. 1st I made sure my distance to screen was comfortable (I wear glasses and get double vision). I then allowed my eyes to blur on the green flicking and while I got distracted, I allowed my peripheral vision to pay attention the ends of the red square as it started to rotate. If the square is roating smoothly, I'm in the zone and doing it right. Seems my mind, allows me to peak at the red tips for a sec and go back to green without reintroducing the dots.

  • @ToanTheNomad
    @ToanTheNomad 3 роки тому +93

    Can anyone make an hour long video of this??? Would love to use it for my meditation practice

    • @gretchenm7669
      @gretchenm7669 Рік тому +5

      I can. Are you still here? Also it wouldn't be on this channel it would be on my other channel @fake10hourentertainment17.

  • @Kahzria
    @Kahzria 2 роки тому +60

    That ability to hyperfocus and the rare occasion where your allergies aren't causing you to blink constantly: Magic.

  • @LostAnFound
    @LostAnFound 2 місяці тому +1

    I made it just past eight seconds, and it wasn't hard focus that made them disappear. It was a narrow window of relaxation.
    Fluid focus, the kind I learned when learning to fly a plane, taught me to focus on many dots, or instruments, at the same time, while also instituting a, "flow," in which I would continuously check six of them (the six-pack), over and over, in a predetermined order that changed depending on the flight regime.
    Don't read too much into this

  • @TheFakeGooberGoblin
    @TheFakeGooberGoblin Місяць тому +1

    Token Diagnosed ADHD here, as a kid I my ceiling light or points on the wall til it disappeared from view all the time as a kid when I couldn’t sleep. Didn’t know this was a well documented thing. Glad to finally have an explanation for what this thing I’ve so frequently encountered is, but funny to see the people who seem to struggle with it the most are people with my very same condition. Makes you wonder I suppose.

  • @basilika2136
    @basilika2136 5 років тому +30

    I had an easier time making them dissapear after doing some running.

    • @camronchlarson3767
      @camronchlarson3767 4 місяці тому +1

      There's a ton of study on the cognitive benefits of regular exercise for people with ADHD! Especially intense cardio! Comparing executive function to a gas tank that runs out throughout the day, you not only get an immediate temporary boost to your gas tank the day you exercise but also level up your baseline and increase the capacity of your gas tank after months and years of consistent habitual exercising. Stimulant medication is the first line of treatment and has the greatest immediate effect, but habitual exercise is the second most beneficial thing you can do. Rant over.

  • @JesusHernandez2001.
    @JesusHernandez2001. 3 роки тому +8

    I almost had it but I couldn’t make them vanish, it felt like my eyes had a mind of they’re own and the second the dots were about to disappear my eyes would do what felt like a jerking motion

  • @suppression2142
    @suppression2142 5 років тому +27

    If you have hyper focus during watching this while having ADHD I'm sure you can make them all disappear for a while.

    • @albertnan2999
      @albertnan2999 4 роки тому +1

      how do you get hyper focus and adhd at the same time???

    • @gloriousforever3451
      @gloriousforever3451 4 роки тому +16

      Why would you hyper focus on something so boring

    • @lattepeached
      @lattepeached 4 роки тому +16

      @@albertnan2999 hyperfocus is a symptom of adhd, basically what happens when you are unable to control your focus and once you've hyperfocused on something, you literally cant bring yourself to stop for hours

    • @Hope-gf6lr
      @Hope-gf6lr 4 роки тому +5

      @@albertnan2999 hyperfocus or hyperfixation is a trait of adhd :)

    • @gaybranch6490
      @gaybranch6490 4 роки тому +2

      @@albertnan2999 I'm not diagnosed (yet), but personally every few months or so I can hyperfixate on one specific thing (whether it's a show or subject or whatever), and it's the only thing I'll be able to solely focus on without being distracted for a while. if I try I can make myself, but usually it only lasts for a few seconds.

  • @thomasprislacjr.4063
    @thomasprislacjr.4063 Місяць тому +1

    Initially, I could not make them all disappear. I have combined ADHD. But with intense effort, and some THC to help with the evening come down, I could make them vanish. The way to hold them vanished for 10 seconds that worked for me was to imagine a subtle forward motion toward the flashing dot. Feel the motion toward in your brain without moving and you will know what I mean.

  • @ragnhildmirach999
    @ragnhildmirach999 Місяць тому +21

    ADHD brains were the top hunters and gatherers of their tribe, it's a gift

    • @springbloom5940
      @springbloom5940 Місяць тому +3

      *CITATIONS NEEDED*

    • @Mr.M4N.777
      @Mr.M4N.777 Місяць тому +4

      ADHD Hunter: "We haven't eaten meat for some time now, we really need this kill so don't make a sound, you'll scare the Deer...
      OH LOOK, a Squirrel!!"
      Me:... I guess it's roots and berries for dinner again, smh...

    • @springbloom5940
      @springbloom5940 Місяць тому

      @@Mr.M4N.777
      Not how that works. The adrenaline surge that gives normies 'buck fever' is natural Adderall.

    • @dough-pizza
      @dough-pizza 26 днів тому

      ​@@Mr.M4N.777 well the hyper-fixation kind would do the hunting since they'd obsess over the animal and the distracted kind would be the lookout for other predators

    • @dough-pizza
      @dough-pizza 26 днів тому

      ​@@springbloom5940 well no one can dicern the truth why ADHD exists. I think it's just a personality trait and people could probably learn to live a better life adapting to their unique circumstances

  • @zaxn.6221
    @zaxn.6221 4 роки тому +9

    i find it hard to look at an exact spot like my eyes twitch a bit but i can make them vanish no problem

  • @MrGTBDrums
    @MrGTBDrums 4 роки тому +19

    Glad I finally found something to help. I'll watch it later.

  • @girlwithaguitar24
    @girlwithaguitar24 3 роки тому +4

    I was able to make the dots disappear but every time they did that my eyes went to see what happened and it went away.

  • @Deucely
    @Deucely 2 місяці тому +1

    Clear your mind of all thoughts, mute the video, get close to the screen, look straight in the middle, don't try to confirm that the dots aren't there, just look at the center, expect nothing, let it happen.
    Don't let a test make you believe you have some made up non-sense condition that is literally just telling you that you are amazing at world building but are working on your item creation, on separation. In other words your mind is great like this < but not so great like this >. It is simply a question of practice, one might say that the whole point of being a human is this, learn the ability to focus on very precise stuff.
    Either way, school is the culprit, not you, it's designed to be so slow and pointless you have no choice but to let your mind wander. The studies are very clear on this, we all start as natural born geniuses, then it gets trained out of us. Focusing is a muscle like any other, practice practice practice. Regain your natural talents.

  • @brassicaoleracea2708
    @brassicaoleracea2708 21 день тому +2

    Are any of you also experiencing other optical effects?
    While I can make the dots disapear for a short time, this illusion also causes me to experience some other stuff:
    - small balls of black "light" connecting two neighbouring crosses
    - rings of alternating light and dark circles propagating outwards
    - the image slowly spinning backwards when I pause the video
    - the rotating image changing its speed
    Whenever this happens, I stop focusing on the middle dot and the other apear again.

    • @bobbill7879
      @bobbill7879 20 днів тому

      Regarding the slow reverse rotation on pausing, and the variable rotation speed yeah I noticed that as well independently
      Regarding the first two I'm not sure but I don't think I'mma watch the video for a while to find out cause staring at the dot in the middle makes me dizzy lol

  • @Zeurro
    @Zeurro 2 роки тому +5

    Why... is it really possible to make them all dissappear? I can't, no matter how hard I try... at least one of them is always visible😭

  • @chantiyt6665
    @chantiyt6665 4 роки тому +18

    Impossible. I've not even been diagnosed with ADHD and it was impossible.

  • @nuralieyyasyuraain9665
    @nuralieyyasyuraain9665 2 роки тому +5

    The three yellow dots were gone when I staring the flashing dot

  • @pandasexshaanix3163
    @pandasexshaanix3163 Місяць тому +1

    I’m crying right now. But I can’t make tears because I forgot and am now commenting.

  • @nellyb5446
    @nellyb5446 Місяць тому +1

    I did this for 7secs! Now I’ve sent the creator all my money and I keep thinking about coolade

  • @hibgamin2254
    @hibgamin2254 8 років тому +38

    THAT HURT!

    • @NaZReD
      @NaZReD 4 роки тому +2

      I was thinking that my eyes hurt...

  • @jumbiewumbie
    @jumbiewumbie 4 роки тому +7

    this hurt my eyes. ouchie. and I could barely manage getting one dot to disappear

    • @stayhumble-.-
      @stayhumble-.- Місяць тому

      When you begin to start trying to aim for ten seconds and realize just how difficult your body has to remain still in order to reach it. Breathing is detrimental, blinking is absolute. While getting closer is easier to clear dots, lasting is far harder.

  • @jaidynskye736
    @jaidynskye736 3 роки тому +6

    They are flashing for me because I keep laughing Everytime one goes bye bye
    ADHD is painful to live with. Emotionally. Sometimes you can see yourself struggle like an out of body experience, you're looking at yourself and asking yourself "what do people think of me? Do they see this too? Why am I like this? Can't I just stop already? I bet people think I'm on some sort of drug." I wish I didn't have ADHD and to the people with me that do, we can all get through it. And to the people that don't that fake it, you're not cute. And to those who are just curious about what ADHD is like, ask a fellow person who has been diagnosed. They will try to explain it. My favorite way to explain it, is my mind is like a broken windows computer, two tabs are playing music, one is a podcast, a game is running and the home screen crashed. All at the same time.

  • @Kintsugi_Landmine69
    @Kintsugi_Landmine69 5 днів тому +1

    This stings my eyes. I can almost make 1 disappear for a split second. It fades but doesn't go away fully. But it hurts my eyes and makes them water too much for me to do it for any length of time. I was diagnosed with mild ADD when I was younger but idk if that's what this is or not.

  • @mattmotionpix
    @mattmotionpix 26 днів тому +1

    I think this means I will always spot opportunities and threats, no matter the surrounding cyclone of chaos. Yay.

  • @RIOT690
    @RIOT690 4 роки тому +11

    I have ADHD, I've been meditating, I can make all 3 go away, short term though, with practice you can go indefinitely.

  • @themodfather9382
    @themodfather9382 4 роки тому +6

    I don't believe the validity of the test. Unfocus seems to work just as well as focus. Keep in mind that these guys have no idea how anything really works, they just find rough correlations and devise tests like this that give partial/false result. Like most tests, the ONLY thing it proves is that you can pass the test, which means you MAYYYYY be able to focus.
    Like JamBooBx said - People are making the obvious mistake that staring at a dot = "focus" = "attention" = "ADHD" and pretty much none of this is real, brains are extremely diverse and the mechanisms of all these functions are unknown (they'll lie and say otherwise)

  • @SHACALACA
    @SHACALACA 2 роки тому +10

    stared at it for so long now the comment section is wavy. got to 10seconds tho. staring at it without blinking helps, moving your eyes all over the place will break the illusion.

  • @BlackFlagHeathen
    @BlackFlagHeathen 17 днів тому

    I am diagnosed ADHD. Although I can easily focus on the flashing dot and not look away, the other dots never really disappear for me. One or two of them sometimes flicker in and out of existence for a split second, but that’s it. They’re basically always there.

  • @madeincda
    @madeincda 2 місяці тому +1

    Contrary to popular belief, people with ADHD can easily hyper-focus on things. So long as what's being focused on can properly grab our attention. If it's too boring to our brains, our mind easily wonders.

  • @unclesmugs4552
    @unclesmugs4552 4 роки тому +4

    I can make them vanish for a tiny amount of time like 4 seconds at most,I think this is also why I'm so good at multi tasking so it's a disability and a power at the same time

  • @beehive3275
    @beehive3275 2 роки тому +4

    I tried really hard and it didn't work.... but I do not have ADHD

  • @chrisjoyner8716
    @chrisjoyner8716 7 років тому +9

    im 36 years old, i have learned to control myself more than I used to, i had huge trouble getting all 3 to disappear, I think i did it for a second, then couldn't again no matter how hard i tried, i had about 2.5 disappear at any given point, the 3rd so close. interesting.

  • @Pending22
    @Pending22 6 днів тому

    I found it harder to make the dots NOT disappear. I was concentrating to maintain awareness of all the dots, which I believe requires more focus and attention than letting them disappear.

  • @EcoMythos
    @EcoMythos Місяць тому +1

    Bet you nobody else noticed the king cobra that came in and wrapped around your ankle.

  • @user-hm6tm9yd4q
    @user-hm6tm9yd4q 4 роки тому +4

    I keep getting to the point where I'm seeing the last one disappear and then my brain just goes "where did it go" and then I search for it like a dumbass.

  • @betula-pendula
    @betula-pendula 4 місяці тому +26

    In 1:49 I got it 😅

    • @MHangman7678
      @MHangman7678 4 місяці тому +1

      At 150 I started getting frustrated thinking this guy was lying to me

  • @jamestaylor909
    @jamestaylor909 4 роки тому +8

    If you allow the center green dot double, it makes it easier to sustain and stay focused on more than 3 outter yellow dots.
    By allowing the balance to continue,.... My results was that no for disappeared.
    Pretty cool visual experiment.
    I don't see a commonality with adh. Further experiments might draw a different conclusion.

  • @ZenithGaming9
    @ZenithGaming9 Місяць тому

    Thank you for this. I see i am still conflicted with poor focus due to ADHD. I'll speak with my doctor asap.

  • @jmp01a24
    @jmp01a24 2 місяці тому

    The one dot on the right does not disappear, but shifts place. The other corner dot does disappear. Sometimes only 1 spot is visible in the non focus place of sight.

  • @amberhart9514
    @amberhart9514 3 роки тому +10

    I think watching this video instead of writing my English paper says a lot of me

  • @mudathersalem9804
    @mudathersalem9804 2 роки тому +16

    Can’t focus while listening to him talking about the other dots lol 😂
    Need to turn sound off

  • @rockyrudy2556
    @rockyrudy2556 3 роки тому +16

    Is this test legitimate? I was tested at a psychological clinic in 2020 and was told that I don't have ADHD, yet I failed this test. Could anyone post a reply and explain this to me? I am concerned.

    • @katherineberger6329
      @katherineberger6329 Рік тому +1

      You can have ADHD and not "test" that you have ADHD. ADHD is often misdiagnosed as another condition. ADHD can also fall under the "clinical" threshold meaning you have the traits but not severely enough to qualify as "clinical" ADHD. Give yourself some grace, and get a second opinion.

  • @jdmayfield88
    @jdmayfield88 День тому

    Did note the yellow dots all disappear nearly right away, then came and went periodically. Did not notice the center dot was flashing until narrator stated it so. Did have to check to confirm the yellow dots were actually there the whole time. Went to read comments and the text immediately swirled the opposite direction for a good 10 seconds or so. Usually in double-perception tests I see both options and can choose whichever I prefer, and I can draw them separately. If there are more than two, I will usually see those as well. Without being told there is more than one way of seeing the image. The reverse swirl thing always gets me though on anything spinning.

  • @weareone1575
    @weareone1575 Місяць тому

    I have adhd and i really felt like I was focused on the dot but i could feel my eyes ever slightly twitching and I only saw 2 vanish at a time briefly for the most part, and very rarely saw all three vanish. Never for more than a fraction of a second

  • @boiifyoudont2952
    @boiifyoudont2952 3 роки тому +4

    I can only do one but then when I notice it going away it comes back ffs lmao

  • @evil9716
    @evil9716 9 років тому +18

    The last one doesn't go away. And I do have ADHD.

  • @drawnwithlove3499
    @drawnwithlove3499 4 роки тому +15

    Me: can barely make two dots vanish for more than five seconds
    Also me: *F U C K*

  • @christophermayo3529
    @christophermayo3529 2 місяці тому

    The fact that you are being told what to do and why, will constantly trigger your brain to recognize when the dots disappear. This will cause you to notice the instant it happens making them visible again.

  • @Echo81Rumple83
    @Echo81Rumple83 Місяць тому

    I'm also getting that aftermath phantom warping when switching my vision to a static image, like it's alive.
    Also, I have ADHD, but I was able to focus on the flashing dot long enough to notice the yellow dots disappear, but eye fatigue and endless curiosity tend to get the better of me.

  • @RhumpleOriginal
    @RhumpleOriginal 4 місяці тому +5

    Instructions unclear. I am now a lamp post.

  • @itsurdestineetowatch
    @itsurdestineetowatch Місяць тому +7

    Thanks jackals I just rear-ended the car in the lane beside me

  • @retropulse03
    @retropulse03 6 років тому +15

    AHHHH MY BRAIN HURRRRTS AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @retropulse03
      @retropulse03 4 місяці тому

      ...WTF... I've already posted here!? MY BRAIN DOES HURT!!! WHAT IS HAPPENING!?!??!

  • @pdatnc
    @pdatnc 18 днів тому

    I swear the yellow dots actually INCREASED! I was seeing five or six of them. It felt very much like I was focusing, but I could only make the two disappear briefly one time.

  • @XiELEd4377
    @XiELEd4377 14 днів тому +1

    Who else tried to go for 5 seconds with only one of each dot with the others disappearing

  • @KhmerTarotReading
    @KhmerTarotReading Місяць тому +6

    i paused to comment here 😂 0:36